Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone!

Roleplayers who gather for large festivals run into a very severe issue with character visibility. Most of us assumed it was a culling issue.

On 6/22, there were about 25 or 30 of us attempting to observe an archery contest. We had to get ridiculously close in order to observe the actual archery, and people were constantly moving around because they weren’t confident that they were able to view the entire scene.

Suggestion:

Please consider adding PvE character limit and PvE character quality settings to Graphics Options, similar to the options that are available on the PVP side. It would be very nice if you would please give us some control over the number of characters we have in view in the PVE world. I would suggest that the options include the following:

High
Medium
Low
None

Pretty please?

This will also permit players who do not care to interact the opportunity to

We don’t ask for much, because we’re out exploring this wonderful world that was created, but this truly does get in the way of an immersive experience.

+1 I don’t see why they couldn’t implement it for pve as well.

They are working on it.
It does however require quite a bit more work than culling removal for WvW.

lordkrall.7241:

They are working on it.
It does however require quite a bit more work than culling removal for WvW.

Why? Wouldn’t it work exactly the same?

Mist Y.5214:

Why? Wouldn’t it work exactly the same?

Because there is a massive difference in the number of possible entities?

lordkrall.7241:

Mist Y.5214:

Why? Wouldn’t it work exactly the same?

Because there is a massive difference in the number of possible entities?

I don’t know, I guess that’s true, but even just copy paste-ing what they currently have in WvW would still be an improvement.

CureForLiving.5360:

I don’t know, I guess that’s true, but even just copy paste-ing what they currently have in WvW would still be an improvement.

That would most likely only look worse.
With some stuff being affected by culling and some not.

Remove culling in PvE? If you think the lag is bad at dragons, you better prepare your body for the coming storm. I hope you enjoy looking at screenshots, because that’s how you’ll be playing.

It definitely needs to be implemented for PvE. Majority of the time (especially when outside of WvW), you feel like you’re alone. The only time you actually see players in a city is when you go to the auction house.

Kate Soulguard.7132:

On 6/22, there were about 25 or 30 of us attempting to observe an archery contest.

lol